Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia

Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) infection is a national and international health problem. STH infection can inhibit the process of absorption of food so that the body lacks nutrients. Children are the most commonly encountered because of the lack of awareness of maintaining personal hygiene, especia...

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Main Authors: bagus dwi nugraha, Sri Wijayanti Sulistiawati, Widati Fatmaningrum
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Airlangga 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Research
Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JCMPHR/article/view/42032
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description Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) infection is a national and international health problem. STH infection can inhibit the process of absorption of food so that the body lacks nutrients. Children are the most commonly encountered because of the lack of awareness of maintaining personal hygiene, especially in Islamic boarding schools where children are outside the supervision of parents. This research is a cross-sectional study with an observational descriptive type. The location of this research is Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School, Pasuruan. The study used stool samples from the students which were then examined using the Kato-Katz method. From the results of the study, it was found that the number of students infected with STH was 28 students (68.3%), the infection was known to be of this type of Trichuris trichiura. 18 students (43.9%) had mild infections and 10 students (24.4%) had moderate infections. the most infected students were male with 19 students (46.3%), while according to age the most were at the age of 9 years with 12 students 29.27%. this incident could be due to the activities of students playing outdoors plus a lack of awareness to maintain personal hygiene such as washing hands with soap.
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spelling doaj-art-3e18e4ac2b7a461f91f98f643cc4caeb2024-12-05T07:59:09ZengUniversitas AirlanggaJournal of Community Medicine and Public Health Research2723-035X2023-06-0141495410.20473/jcmphr.v4i1.4203240113Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesiabagus dwi nugraha0Sri Wijayanti Sulistiawati1Widati Fatmaningrum2Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, SurabayaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, IndonesiaDepartment of Public Health-Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, IndonesiaSoil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) infection is a national and international health problem. STH infection can inhibit the process of absorption of food so that the body lacks nutrients. Children are the most commonly encountered because of the lack of awareness of maintaining personal hygiene, especially in Islamic boarding schools where children are outside the supervision of parents. This research is a cross-sectional study with an observational descriptive type. The location of this research is Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School, Pasuruan. The study used stool samples from the students which were then examined using the Kato-Katz method. From the results of the study, it was found that the number of students infected with STH was 28 students (68.3%), the infection was known to be of this type of Trichuris trichiura. 18 students (43.9%) had mild infections and 10 students (24.4%) had moderate infections. the most infected students were male with 19 students (46.3%), while according to age the most were at the age of 9 years with 12 students 29.27%. this incident could be due to the activities of students playing outdoors plus a lack of awareness to maintain personal hygiene such as washing hands with soap.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JCMPHR/article/view/42032
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Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Research
title Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
title_full Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
title_fullStr Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
title_short Infection Prevalence of Soil-Tramsmitted Helminth (STH) at Metal Muslim Al-Hidayah Islamic Boarding School Students, Pasuruan, Indonesia
title_sort infection prevalence of soil tramsmitted helminth sth at metal muslim al hidayah islamic boarding school students pasuruan indonesia
url https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JCMPHR/article/view/42032
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